Keith Abney, M.A.

Autonomous military robots that will fight future wars must be
programmed to live by a strict warrior code, or the world risks untold
atrocities at their steely hands.

The stark warning  which includes discussion of a
“Terminator”-style
scenario in which robots turn on their human masters  is part of a
hefty
report funded by and prepared for the U.S. Navy’s high-tech and
secretive Office of Naval Research.

The report, the first serious work of its kind on military robot ethics,
envisages a fast-approaching era where robots are smart enough to make
battlefield decisions that are at present the preserve of humans.

Keith Abney, M.A. was coauthor of this
report and
is Lecturer, Philosophy, California Polytechnic
State University. His professional interests include
Philosophy of Science, Science and Religion, Applied Ethics, and
Axiology.

He earned his B.A. in Philosophy at Emory University in 1985, and a
M.A. in
Theology from Fuller Theological Seminary in 1987, a M.A. in History and
Philosophy of Science at the University of Notre Dame in 1995, and a
M.A. in
Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame in 1995.